It is not uncommon for pigeons to sit on ridge tiles on top of a roof. In most cases, pigeons are there for one of two reasons: because they use ridge tiles as a vantage point to exploit a food source, or because they sleep/and breed indoors/on the property in question or on an adjacent property. Please visit the DIY Controls page for more details on how the controls can be provided without having to resort to commercially available products: but Belway believes the pigeon flew into the spikes and was injured. “I think it`s cruelty to animals. I don`t see how they`re any less special than any other bird,” she says. Pigeons are attracted to balconies, especially on high-rise buildings, as the medium balcony provides an optimal breeding ground for a couple of pigeons. The vast majority of problems that occur on balconies are due to reproduction, but sleeping at night can also be a problem. In high-rise residential buildings, it is very common for balconies to also be used as a vantage point for the exploitation of a food source. Balconies can be protected from pigeons by installing deterrent and anti-seat products. For more information on how this can be achieved without resorting to commercially available products, please visit the DIY Controls page: If there is any doubt about the law regarding pigeon pest control, or if a control has been recommended and advice is needed as to whether this control is necessary, legal or inexpensive, please contact the Pigeon Control Resource Centre for advice. Both organizations will always provide economically impartial and competent advice and, where possible, offer alternative and cost-effective control options. However, in more rural communities, it may not be illegal to use barbed wire.

In particular, laws legalize the use of barbed wire to contain livestock. You should refer to your local laws to determine if barbed wire is acceptable in your garden. Pigeons usually spend the night on exposed pipes, usually attached to the side wall of a building or residence. It is rare to find pigeons that have built a nest on exposed pipes, especially in a residential building where the exposed piping is usually narrow rather than large. However, this is not the case with commercial buildings, as pipes with larger diameters often offer excellent nesting opportunities. In both cases, exposed pipes can be protected easily and cheaply with quenching agents. For more information on how to do this without having to resort to ready-made products, visit the DiY Controls: The entire DefenderBird® Spike range is humane page. Bird tips are recommended by the RSPB as one of the best long-term methods for bird safety in buildings. The pins of the spines act as a visual and physical barrier, so the birds no longer have access to the ledge to sit and take them to other more accessible areas. Since general licenses are self-regulated, the control of the law is a kind of gray area, with DEFRA, the author of the law, assuming little or no responsibility in prosecuting violators. The Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 is known as the Common Enforcers` Act, which means that anyone can sue anyone who has compromised the terms of the law.

However, no particular organism is identified as authorized to monitor or take action against those who endanger the terms of the law, providing little or no protection to the harmful bird species listed therein. Police and the RSPCA are the two organizations most often approached when a wildlife crime has been committed against birds, but neither organization has the time, resources or, in most cases, expertise to initiate law enforcement. The police have a registry of Wildlife Liaison Officers, all of whom have a personal interest in wildlife, but the position is voluntary and wildlife liaison duties are carried out beyond normal duties. The Metropolitan Police has a Wildlife Crime Unit at New Scotland Yard to deal with all issues related to wildlife crime. The unit is inevitably overloaded with insufficient resources and therefore cannot be used to address the problems related to crime against wild pigeons. The Wildlife Crime Unit can be reached at: Tel: 0207-230-3641; Fax: 0207 230 4020; Web: www.met.police.uk/wildlife/index.htm. They are designed for pigeons and other birds of similar size. The length of the pins is the optimal height and angle to deter pigeons.

For large birds such as gulls, a special gull tip should be installed, as it has longer pins that are proportional to the longer legs of the gull. Smaller birds such as sparrows and starlings can overcome both types of thorns. There is a sparrow and a starling tip, which has a much denser pattern of pins that do not allow access to small birds. If you`re not a fan of spikes, there are other methods you might want to use. The first is chicken thread. Cats usually do not like to climb or kick chicken wire. You can tie it along the top of your fence as well as on the floor where they would normally jump. After a few jumps, cats will probably stay away due to the unpleasant experience of walking on the chicken fence. Once you`re sure the spikes fit perfectly into your fence, you can start sealing them in place. The terms of general licenses are never abused more regularly and openly than with regard to the pest control of wild pigeons. Thousands of pigeons are killed every day by pest control companies in the UK, acting on behalf of owners and by default as authorised persons. In the vast majority of cases, the problems associated with pigeons are minor, with no demonstrable effects on health and safety, and can be solved relatively easily by installing deterrents or deterrents.

However, the cost of installing deterrents can be considerable, especially if the property is large and has many architectural features on which wild pigeons sit and often sleep. In these circumstances, pest control companies often recommend lethal control in the form of shootings, cage trapping, and killing measures, as these methods of control, while ineffective in the short term, cost much less than protecting property with deterrents. It is obvious that, in these cases, the slaughter action is in no way as follows: “. for the preservation of public health and safety” and, therefore, slaughter would directly violate the conditions of the relevant general authorisations and would therefore be illegal. However, due to the total absence of police work, it is likely that the (illegal) slaughter will go unnoticed and the owner will escape prosecution. The same concept of “passive deterrence” is also often used to prevent human intrusion into secure or dangerous areas. In this application, spikes are used in the same way as barbed wire or barbed wire and provide a clearly visible and obvious deterrent for climbing or attempts to cross a certain area. A common example is when pipes, pipes, structural beams and other such infrastructure need to enter a fence or similar barrier and can be a way around the barrier. A collar of large spikes about 1 meter (3.3 feet) long is fixed around part or all of the circumference of the penetrating element. Such measures are often used near bridges, dams, cliffs and other such fall hazards to assist in public safety. The gable end of a building, especially on historic grounds, is a frequently used night spot for pigeons.